Retail Data & Business Insights Analyst

J. Jill • Quincy, MA

14d • Hybrid

About The Position

Partners with teams throughout the J.Jill organization, including Retail/Store Ops, Marketing, Merchandising and Real Estate teams on various analytical activities. Develops automated self-service business reporting through BI tools including Qlik and IBM Cognos. Performs data analysis tasks, test analysis (A/B), and various analytical business requests to develop recommendations that will improve decision making across the organization. Calculates sales estimates for potential new store locations. Summarizes analytical insights and business recommendations into PowerPoint decks.

Requirements

• Natural analytical curiosity is essential.
• Desire to continuously learn, ability to learn quickly and confidence to ask questions to gain clarity is required.
• Advanced SQL skills required; experience with statistical predictive analytics tools like R & Python preferred.
• Strong aptitude with MS Office tools, especially advanced Excel skills.
• Experience with BI tools like Qlik Sense or Tableau preferred.
• Self-motivated with an ability to both work independently as well as collaboratively across functions and business areas.
• Ability to not only retrieve and report data, but to also analyze the implications and make recommendations on various key business questions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication/follow-up skills (follow up with project partners to ensure accurate and timely completion of deliverables).
• Must demonstrate attention to detail and have pride in work.
• Exposure to retail metrics and mathematics (sales, inventory, UPT, conversion rates, etc.) preferred.
• High degree of organization, accuracy and flexibility; detail oriented.
• Ability to multi-task, juggle multiple assignments, and meet deadlines.
• Good follow-up skills (able to follow up with project partners to ensure accurate and timely completion of deliverables).
• 3+ years of business experience in an analytical or technical role.
• Advanced Excel and SQL skills required.
• Statistical analysis and predictive modeling (R, Python) experience preferred.
• Reporting and analysis experience in a retail environment preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in business or quantitative discipline (statistics, math) suggested.
• Sedentary work, prolonged periods of time working at a desk and on a computer.
• Ability to communicate information and observe details at close range.
• Light lifting may be required

Responsibilities

• Forges partnerships and operates cross functionally to provide analytical decision support to Channel Leaders to increase revenue and profit of various initiatives
• Takes active role in conception, design, execution, and analysis of corporate wide testing activities.
• Understands key performance indicators that drive company results and determine how these metrics track against overall business strategies, goals and objectives.
• Takes initiative acting as a subject matter expert on analytics, quantification, and process automation and provides advanced analytics to support longer-range plans and initiatives.
• Provides recommendations for improvements to tools, scorecards, KPIs & benchmarks.

Benefits

• Bonus eligible and flexible hybrid work arrangements.
• 401(k) retirement plan with discretionary match and tuition reimbursement.
• Medical, dental, vision, company paid LTD/STD, and generous amount of paid time off.
• Office includes amenities such as a café, fitness center, free parking and Red Line shuttle.
• Generous associate discount; group discounts on auto, pet and homeowner insurance.
• Discount Marketplace for travel, consumer products, food, auto buying, etc.
• Associate resource groups.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees